put to death

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Deuteronomy 24:16 states: “Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

There have been 39 executions in the United States this year, the most since 2013, when 39 inmates were also put to death.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Black was the second person put to death in the Volunteer State this year, and the 28th in the country to be executed this year.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2025

There had been no federal inmates put to death in the US since 2003 until Trump resumed federal executions in July 2020.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

And John Smith was tried and sentenced to be put to death in England—though he died of tuberculosis before his ship reached London.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson